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Jay Shetty And Wife Radhika Hosts Virtual Fundraiser “Help India Breathe”

Jay Shetty and his wife Radhika Devlukia-Shetty hosted a virtual fundraiser to help desk with COVID-19 crisis in India.

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Former monk, and purpose coach Jay Shetty and his wife Radhika Devlukia-Shetty hosted a virtual fundraiser called “Help India Breathe”. He made an announcement regarding the same on his official Instagram handle. “YOU ARE AMAZING! YOU did this in 48 hours! In just 2 days, we all rallied together for such an important cause and I couldn’t be more proud of our community. Thank you for showing up when it mattered most. Thank you for giving what you could and participating, sharing and engaging," he wrote.

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Will Smith, Shawn Mendes Back Jay Shetty's Fundraiser

This fundraiser will help India battle the second wave of the coronavirus. The 33-year-old British podcaster has raised about £2,661,415 through this initiative.

Jay Shetty's has been backed by actor Will Smith and his wife Jada-Pinkett Smith, and singers Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello. Many other celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres, Brendon Burchard, Jamie Kern Lima, and Rohan Oza and Hrithik Roshan have donated. The latter has donated over $15,000 (approximately ₹11.10 lakh) for the cause. The Smith family donated $50,000, Ellen contributed $59,000 and Shawn and Camila individually donated $50,000 and $6000, respectively.

Jay Shetty now has an aim of raising over 1 million dollars to procure resources for fighting against the virus.

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Many Bollywood celebrities have been engaged at fighting against COVID-19. They have using their social media handles for procuring medical supplies, hospital beds, oxygen, and other COVID-19 necessities for the people. These celebrities include Bhumi Pednekar, Taapsee Pannu, Sonu Sood, etc.

Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra had come up with a fundraiser with Give India. She has been sharing photos and videos to urge fans to donate for the fundraiser. Read more about that here.

In a video she shared from London, she said that all the donation will help towards setting up COVID-19 care centres, isolation centres, oxygen generation plants, medical equipment, etc.

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